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Teru Miyamoto

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Miyamoto Teru

ペンネーム: Teru Miyamoto（Pen name used as author name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-03-06 （Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan）
死没
null
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan → Ehime Prefecture, Japan → Osaka Prefecture, Japan → Toyama Prefecture, Japan → Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Essayist, Copywriter
活動期間
1977年〜
所属
Sankei Advertising (former employer), Akutagawa Prize selection committee member (1996–2020)
所属団体
Akutagawa Prize selection committee member (1996–2020)
影響を受けた人物

学歴

Kansai Okura High School
General Course
期間: 1962-1965
卒業年: 1965
国: Japan
Otemon Gakuin University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Literature
学位: 文学士
期間: 1966-1970
卒業年: 1970
国: Japan
Founding cohort member (first cohort)

受賞歴

Dazai Osamu Prize
1977
対象作品: Mud River
結果: 受賞
Akutagawa Prize
1978
対象作品: Hotarugawa (River of Fireflies)
結果: 受賞
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize
1987
対象作品: Yūshun
結果: 受賞
JRA Equine Culture Award
1987
対象作品: Yūshun
主催: Japan Racing Association
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (MEXT Award, Literature Division)
2004
対象作品: Yakusoku no Fuyu (Promise of Winter)
結果: 受賞
Shiba Ryōtarō Prize
2009
対象作品: The Garden of the Skeleton Building
結果: 受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
2010
結果: 受章
Mainichi Art Award
2019
対象作品: Ryūten no Umi
結果: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2020
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Mud River

1977年 Novel

An autobiographical novel based on the author's childhood and the lives of ordinary people in postwar Osaka. It lyrically depicts poverty and family bonds. Miyamoto's debut.

postwar Japanpovertyfamilynostalgia
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Mud River (1981)

Hotarugawa (River of Fireflies)

1977年 Novel

A family and youth novel set in the postwar period. Winner of the Akutagawa Prize; it lyrically treats themes of fate and life and death.

youthfatelife and death
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Hotarugawa (1987)

Kinshu (Autumn Brocade)

1982年 Novel (includes epistolary elements)

A work that includes epistolary elements. It presents layered human dramas and a sense of nostalgia.

human relationshipsnostalgiatradition and modernity
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage] Kinshu (stage) / ジョン・ケアード (John Caird) (2007)
翻訳
  • English translation 'Kinshu: Autumn Brocade' (trans. Roger K. Thomas, 2007)

Ryūten no Umi (Sea of Wandering)

1984年 Epic saga / long-form novel

A long-running autobiographical epic, chronicling family history and societal changes across decades. One of the author's major works.

family historyhistorygrowthmigration
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Ryūten no Umi (1990)

Yūshun

1986年 Novel

A novel centered on horse racing that explores human fate and passion. It received critical acclaim and the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize.

horse racingfatepassion
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Yūshun: ORACION (1988)

Comet Story

1992年 Novel

Part of works that feature travel and encounters abroad. Some parts were adapted for television and other media.

travelencountersforeign lands
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV Drama] Comet Story (TV adaptation) (2007)

潮音 (Choon / Tide Sound)

2025年 Novel

A novel published in 2025 (volumes 1–4). A recent work showing the author's mature lyrical style.

searecollectionlate-life perspective

全著作

  • Hotarugawa (River of Fireflies)
  • Mud River
  • Phantom Lights
  • Kinshu (Autumn Brocade)
  • Ryūten no Umi (Sea of Wandering)
  • Yūshun
  • Comet Story
  • Blue Scattered
  • Spring Dream
  • Cats of the Summer Resort
  • The Danube Traveler
  • The People of Dream Street
  • Afternoon When Flowers Fall
  • The Seaside Door
  • Scent of the Chest
  • Echoes from the Lighthouse
  • Thirty Light-Years of Stars
  • Spring in the Fields

翻案

  • Film adaptations (Mud River, Dōtonbori River, Hotarugawa, Ryūten no Umi, etc.)
  • TV drama adaptations (Dōtonbori River, Blue Scattered, Comet Story, etc.)
  • Stage adaptations (Kinshu, The Garden of the Skeleton Building, etc.)

作品の翻訳

  • Kinshu → 'Kinshu: Autumn Brocade' (English, trans. Roger K. Thomas, 2007)
  • Phantom Lights → 'Phantom Lights and Other Stories' (English, trans. Roger K. Thomas & Juliet Winters Carpenter, 2011)
  • The People of Dream Street → French translation 'Les Gens de la Rue des Reves'
  • Kinshu → French translation 'Le Brocart'

作風・主題

文体
lyrical and emotionally rich prosecareful, intimate exploration of characters' inner lives
頻出モチーフ
riversseafamilynostalgiajourney

健康

  • Anxiety neurosis (contemporary: panic disorder)
    20代半ば頃から
    Caused significant anxiety during corporate life, leading him to resign and turn to writing.
  • Tuberculosis
    一時期（療養あり）
    Took a leave from writing for treatment, which interrupted his literary activity for a period.

評価・遺産

With a lyrical style depicting postwar ordinary life and long autobiographical sagas, he secured a wide readership. Through numerous awards and many film, television, and stage adaptations, he has left a significant mark on contemporary Japanese literature.

記念館・博物館

  • Teru Miyamoto Museum Otemon Gakuin University Library (Osaka, Japan)

資料所蔵先

  • Otemon Gakuin University Library — Teru Miyamoto Collection

大衆文化への影響

  • Numerous film, television, and stage adaptations
  • Introduced to international readers through translations

引用

  • A professional should write entertaining novels.
    出典: Profile (Wikipedia summary)

豆知識

  • Real name: Masahito Miyamoto.
  • Founding cohort member of Otemon Gakuin University's Faculty of Letters (entered 1966).
  • Debuted in 1977 by winning the 13th Dazai Osamu Prize for 'Mud River'.
  • Won the Akutagawa Prize in 1978 for 'Hotarugawa'.
  • Served on the Akutagawa Prize selection committee from 1996 to 2020.
  • 'Ryūten no Umi' is a long-running serial epic and one of his major works.
  • Received the Order of the Purple Ribbon (2010) and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (2020).